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|title=The case of Matthew Price

|last=Young

|first=Hugh

|author-link=Hugh Young

|website=www.circumstitions.com

|date=2001

|accessdate=2020-06-18

}}</ref>

James Price, the father brought a suit to protect his son from a harmful and injurious circumcision. The trial was held in the court of Judge Paul Armstrong in [https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/vicinages/hunsomwar.html Somerset County]. Judge Armstrong ordered a circumcision, but James Price appealed. The appellate court upheld Judge Armstrong's order, but [https://www.njcourts.gov/courts/supreme.html?lang=eng State Supreme Court] Justice Peter Verniero issued an emergency stay the following day, and on Oct. 31 the justices voted to send the matter back to Armstrong for a full hearing.<ref name="coscarelli2000">{{REFnews

|title=Mother's battle to circumcise is in court

|last=Coscarelli

|first=Kate

|date=2000-12-03

|accessdate=2020-06-19

|issue=

|pages=134-35

|pubmedID=8295581

|pubmedCID=

In January 2001 a dispute between divorcing parents in New Jersey was resolved when the mother, who sought to have the boy circumcised withdrew her request. The boy had experienced two instances of foreskin inflammation and she wanted to have him circumcised. The father, who had experienced a traumatic circumcision as a child objected and they turned to the courts for a decision. The [https://www.mhsnj.org Medical Society of New Jersey] and the Urology Society of New Jersey both opposed any court ordered medical treatment. As the parties came to an agreement that Matthew's [[genital integrity]] would be protected, no precedent was set.<ref name="coscarelli2001">{{REFnews

|title=Accord not to circumcise son still leaves heated legal debate

|last=Coscarelli

|first=Kate

|date=2001-01-25

}}</ref>

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* [[Foreskin Care for Boys]]

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